The 'random-coil' state of proteins: Comparison of database statistics and molecular simulations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-418

  O'Connell, Thomas M ^a   Wang, Lu ^b   Tropsha, Alexander ^a   Hermans, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free energy; Molecular dynamics; Statistical coil; Structural database

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DATA BASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIPEPTIDES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032769468     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990901)36:4<407::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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